Improvement in fly-traps



1pc. SELLERS.

Fly-Trap. N |60 O34 Patented Feb. 23 H375.

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JACOB C. SELLERS, OF MARSHFIELD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLY-TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,034, dated February 23, 1875; application filed January 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB O. SELLERS, of Marshfield, in the county of Webster and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Trap; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitcation.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement ot' a fly-trap, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal section of my lily-trap, and Fig. 2 is a plan View ot' the same.

A represents the ceiling ot' a room, from which my iiy-trap is to be sus] en ;led. From a hook, a, in the ceiling is suspended a staff or rod, B, having a series of curved ribs, O O, hinged to a collar, b, at or near its upper end, said ribs being spread by means of rods D D, operated by means ot' a sliding sleeve or collar, E, on the staftB, in the same manner as an ordinary umbrella. The sleeve or collar E is held in place on the statt'B by a pin, d, and under the same on the statt is placed a circular bait-board, G, supported by means of' a tlanged sleeve, H, held on the statt' by a pin, e.

or netting, I, the meshes of which are of such size as will prevent lies from passing through. To the lower ends ot' the ribs C C is secured an apron, J, which is held up, as'shown in Fig. l, by elastic bands h h,- `and strings or On the ribs G O is secured a netcords f f are fastened to the lower edge of the apron at suitable intervals, and passed through staples on the under side of the baitboard G, after which all the strings or cords are united into one. From the ribs O and rods D depend a number of strings, t', which are to be baited.

The strings are baited, and bait also placed on the board G, to entice the dies into the trap, the strings serving as roosting-places for the ies. The trap is then suspended from the ceiling, when the flies will pass in underneath to feed or sleep. By now seizing the draw-strings f and giving a quick pull the apron J is made to close the space between the edge ot' the net I and the bait-board G, when the trap is taken down and the flies killed by hot water, or otherwise, as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A ily-trap consisting of an umbrellashaped frame covered with netting, and an adjustable apron attached around the same to the ends of the ribs, as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with an ninbrella-shaped frame covered With nett-ing, of the apron J, elastic springs or bands L, draw-strin gs f, and bait-board G, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB OREATH SELLERS.

Witnesses:

W. H. DALTON, A. MCALLANNY. 

